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"The other day."
The three little word phrase, which, like tweed, flat caps and the trusty trilby, has become a mainstay of the racing fraternity over the years.
An oft used and favourite among such luminaries as Lord Oaksey, Nicky Henderson and Alistair Down (to name but three) – it is more often than not brought into play when referring to a horse’s last competitive outing – even if the horse in question ran two weeks ago, two months ago, or even two years ago.
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To think they get paid for coming up with some of these classics.
You have got to love them when they say" If everything goes his way he could run a big race today"..which you could say about any horse in any race in any country in the world
.I feel like screaming back…if everything went any horses own way of course he’s going to run well ya dumb *****
Angus McNae : " Another win for the in – form Joe Bloggs ‘ stable . Very
well done to him . ""Put them to the sword"
Sounded new and refreshingly idiomatic the first few times I heard it. Sounds trite and stale the 200th (and counting) time.
Must say I’m a hell of a lot more tolerant of cliches than most of you lot, but that last one does get me a bit I must admit…
Why don’t we think of a few signature phrases (euphemism for cliche..
that we do like?I’ll start off with Dessie Scahill and the pronunciation of the word trememdous (or ‘tremenjous’, as he pronounces it)… usually associated with the phrase: "and X is coming with a tremenjous late bid!"… Delightful!
"They’re off and racing at Cheltenham/Ascot/Newbury/Sandown, but we’ll stay with pictures from Lingfield/Southwell/Wolverhampton/some other sh*ithole"
The funniest thing is when trainers say (and they’re all guilty of this)…"He’ll tell me when he’s ready".
As if!
Some from GG :
" No room at the inn " [ Horse boxed in or squeezed up ] .
" Lickerty split " [ I think that’s how it’s spelt ] [ Fast pace ] .
" Here comes X with a storming run " and " Don’t rule out X " to describe
horses making slow late progress . These horses never play any part in
the finish . [ When a horse does finish fast to win he usually misses it
until it gets up on the line . ]Jim McGrath – "as they head down towards THE JUDGE"
Presumably theres also a barrister, defendant and twelve man jury hanging around the winning post too
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Some from GG :
" Lickerty split " [ I think that’s how it’s spelt ] [ Fast pace ] .
I always thought it was "Lickety spit" and envisaged someone feverishly sticking on postage stamps?
Any etymologists amongst us?Not annoying but makes me laugh when this one is said…
"He’s got them shot to bits".
"Doing it the hard way". Winning from the front is often doing it the easy way.
Damn right. I know this is a bugbear you and I share.
I’m sure I can hear the likes of Ellerslie Tom and Dev nodding in agreement with us from here.
gc
Adoptive father of two. The patron saint of lower-grade fare. A gently critical friend of point-to-pointing. Kindness is a political act.
"The other day."
The three little word phrase, which, like tweed, flat caps and the trusty trilby, has become a mainstay of the racing fraternity over the years.
An oft used and favourite among such luminaries as Lord Oaksey, Nicky Henderson and Alistair Down (to name but three) – it is more often than not brought into play when referring to a horse’s last competitive outing – even if the horse in question ran two weeks ago, two months ago, or even two years ago.
Add Cornelius Lysaght to the roll-call of people over-reliant on this phrase.
gc
Adoptive father of two. The patron saint of lower-grade fare. A gently critical friend of point-to-pointing. Kindness is a political act.
Some from GG :
" No room at the inn " [ Horse boxed in or squeezed up ] .
One beloved of Mark Johnson as well, that, I think. You could fill a tome of Biblical proportions with Johnsonisms, bless his heart, and it’s a still-growing list – one I heard for the first time at Sandown last weekend was a boxed-in horse being described as having "run out of real estate".
gc
Adoptive father of two. The patron saint of lower-grade fare. A gently critical friend of point-to-pointing. Kindness is a political act.
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